Election Department

As per the Notification no. 35-PAR (AR)/O/2R-2/16 dated 7th February 2017 of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department the new District of Kalimpong has been created with effect from 14th February 2017.

Subsequently, Election Commission of India has been created new Electoral District Kalimpong by bifurcating the district of Darjeeling and appointed District Election Officer Kalimpong vide Election Commission of India’s Notification No. 508/ECI/LET/TERR/ES-II/WB/2017 dated 06/04/2017.

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the whole area under the district of Kalimpong (formerly Kalimpong subdivision), viz. the Kalimpong municipality and the three blocks of Kalimpong–I, Kalimpong–II and Gorubathan together will constitute the Kalimpong assembly constituency of West Bengal. This constituency will

Apart from the Kalimpong municipality that consists of 23 wards, the district contains rural areas of 42 gram panchayats under three community development blocks: Kalimpong I, Kalimpong II and Gorubathan.

Kalimpong subdivision has an area of 1,053.60 km2 (406.80 sq mi), with Kalimpong I block having an area of 360.46 km2 (139.17 sq mi); Kalimpong II block an area of 241.26 km2 (93.15 sq mi); Gorubathan block an area of 442.72 km2 (170.94 sq mi); and Kalimpong Municipality an area of 9.16 km2 (3.54 sq mi).